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Steven M. Moss
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Steve Moss counsels and represents employers in all aspects of traditional labor relations and employment law. He advises and aggressively defends management clients with respect to employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour laws, wrongful discharge, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and State and Federal Civil Rights Acts.

Mr. Moss represents management in all types of labor matters, including negotiating and administrating collective bargaining agreements, labor contract arbitrations, union representation and decertification campaigns and proceedings and related Board litigation. He provides counsel to employer clients in developing sound labor relations and employment strategies to comply with the complexities of workplace management within today’s expansion of workers’ rights under state and federal law.

He has litigated cases before the National Labor Relations Board all over the country, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, numerous state Civil Rights Commissions, and at most levels of the state and federal court systems, including the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits, as well as the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Moss also counsels clients in developing employment and labor relations strategies concerning union resistance, employee discipline and discharge, labor and employment issues affecting the acquisition and sale of businesses, wage and hour practices, layoffs and reductions-in-force, and other sensitive matters, such as employment discrimination, sexual harassment, employee privacy, and workplace drug and alcohol use and testing policies.

He provides counsel to employers (including human resource departments of large and mid-sized public and private companies, small business owners and entrepreneurs), in drafting employment and severance agreements, and in developing employment policies, employee handbooks, performance appraisal systems, and alternate dispute resolution programs.

As a recognized leader on labor and employment law issues, Mr. Moss has lectured at numerous conferences across America and has been quoted in several publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York TimesUSA Today and National Public Radio.  He has also been listed in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America and Ohio Super Lawyers.